#45B2D9#45B2D9

#45B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B2D9
RGB	rgb(69, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -18.73, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 34.29, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0788 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.113 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8940, 38.1123, 71.3604)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B2D9 #D96C45

analogous

#45D9B6 #45B2D9 #4568D9

triadic

#45B2D9 #D945B2 #B2D945

tetradic

#45B2D9 #B645D9 #D96C45 #68D945

square

#45B2D9 #B645D9 #D96C45 #68D945

split-complementary

#45B2D9 #D94568 #D9B645

monochromatic

#1C6B88 #2694BB #45B2D9 #78C7E3 #ABDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#45B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#45B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B2D9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B2D9	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#45b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b2d9;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B2D9

secondary

#DBAE9E

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B2D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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